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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1948. No. 369-October Term, 1947 Ada Lois Sipuel, Petitioner, v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, et al, Respondents On writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma.

PER CURIAM. On January 14, 1946, the petitioner, a Negro, cocededly qualified to receive the professional legal education offered by the State, applied for admission to the School of Law of the University of Oklahoma, the only institution for legal education supported and maintained by the taxpayers of the State of Oklahoma. Petitioner's application for admission was denied, solely because of her color. Petitioner then made application for a writ of mandamus in the District Court of Cleveland County, Oklahoma. The writ of mandamus was refused, and the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma affirmed the judgment of the District Court. __________ Oklahoma ____________, 180 P. 2d 135. We brought the case here for review. The petitioner is entitled to secure legal education offorded by a state institution. To this time, it has been denied her although during the same period many white applicants have been afforded legal education by the State. The State must provide it for her in conformity with the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and provide it as soon as it does for applicants of any other group. Missouri ex rel Gaines v. Canada, 305 U.S. 337 (1938). The judgment of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma is reversed and the cause is remanded to that court for proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion. The mandate shall issue forthwith. Reversed.

US Supreme Court Per Curiam Ada Lois Sipuel v. OU Board of Regents. State Supreme Court Civil Case No. 32756 regarding the first African-American woman admitted to the University of Oklahoma law school in 1948.

[specific document title], Ada Lois Sipuel v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Civil Case No. 32756, Record Group 29-1-3, Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State Archives Division, Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Oklahoma City, OK.

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1948. No. 369-October Term, 1947 Ada Lois Sipuel, Petitioner, v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, et al, Respondents On writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma.

PER CURIAM. On January 14, 1946, the petitioner, a Negro, cocededly qualified to receive the professional legal education offered by the State, applied for admission to the School of Law of the University of Oklahoma, the only institution for legal education supported and maintained by the taxpayers of the State of Oklahoma. Petitioner's application for admission was denied, solely because of her color. Petitioner then made application for a writ of mandamus in the District Court of Cleveland County, Oklahoma. The writ of mandamus was refused, and the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma affirmed the judgment of the District Court. __________ Oklahoma ____________, 180 P. 2d 135. We brought the case here for review. The petitioner is entitled to secure legal education offorded by a state institution. To this time, it has been denied her although during the same period many white applicants have been afforded legal education by the State. The State must provide it for her in conformity with the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and provide it as soon as it does for applicants of any other group. Missouri ex rel Gaines v. Canada, 305 U.S. 337 (1938). The judgment of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma is reversed and the cause is remanded to that court for proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion. The mandate shall issue forthwith. Reversed.

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[specific document title], Ada Lois Sipuel v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Civil Case No. 32756, Record Group 29-1-3, Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State Archives Division, Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Oklahoma City, OK.

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Oklahoma State Archives Division, Oklahoma Department of Libraries. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit www.crossroads.odl.state.ok.us/cdm4/rights.php